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JOHN V. PILCHER, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 418,056, dated December24,1889.v

, Application iiled J'uly l2, 1889.

To @ZZ whom t may-concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN V. PILCHER, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Louisville, in the county of J eiferson and State ofKentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inOutf-Fasteners; and I do declare the following tobe a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains'to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of referencemarked thereon, which form a partof this specification.

Figure l of the drawings isl a representation of this invention, and isa perspective view. Fig. 2 is a vertical section. Fig. 3 is a detail andan end, view. Fig. 4 is a detail and lfront view, and Fig. 5 is anotherview, of the clothing-clamp. Fig. 6 is a blank that is formed into onejaw, and Fig. 7 shows a portion of the blank forming the other. Fig. 8is a portion of the blank that forms the cuffadjuster.

This invention relates to devices for attaching cuffs to shirt-sleeves;and it consists in the novel construction and combination of parts, ashereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A represents a clothing-clampconsisting of the jaws B O, pivoted together and having a spring placedaround the pivot CZ to cause the E E indicate the spring-tongues of acuff adjuster or holder pivoted to the side of the clampA on thepivotbolt of the clamp, which is extended for this purpose. The jaw B ofthe clamp is formed by making opposite lateral incisions in the clampingend and bending down the outer wings thus formed at right angles totheplane of the jaw to form opposite lateral lugs cr wings t', whereby aconcaveconvex tooth 7o is provided. The other jaw C is formed byslotting its end longitudinally and bending over the met-al stripsbackward on each side ofthe slot to form lateral springbearings m, toreceive between them the tooth 7e of the jaw B. The seat formed betweenthe bearings m of the lower jaw is of nearly the saine width as thetooth k, and constitutes,

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in connection with the holder, a clamp for securing the device to thesleeve.

The cuff-adjuster is constructed by bending a long strip of metal in Uform to provide opposite parallel spring-tongues E E. The tongue E isprovided at its outer end with a hook-lug s, formed by cutting away themetal on opposite sides at the end, which is bent slightly inward, thehook-lug being bent a little outward, so that a transverse recess orgroove is presented on the surface of the tongue E, in which engages theloop fu of the other spring-tongue E when the two tongues are broughttogether. of the tongue E is bent at lright angles to its plane, theloop fu having been formed in this bent portion by stamping a lug of themetal from the center thereof. The lug portion of the metal thusprovided extends continuously with the plane of the tongue, andconstitutes a rest n for the face of the cuff, near the button-holethereof, when the fastener is applied.

The object of the transverse groove formed in constructing the hook isto secure the upper portion of the loop and to prevent the parts fromcatching in the garment where it may be in-contact with the fastener.

In bending the strip'to form the fastener the bend r is provided with aconvex surface which is seated in a corresponding concave bearing in theside of the clamp A. The bent or convex end of the fastener isperforatedto receive the extension t of the clamp-pivot. Thepivot-extension is headed to retain a spring z, placed around it betweenthe head and the inner portion of the bend r. The object of the spring zis to cause the convexity of the lieel to engage the concave bearing ofthe side of the clamp, thereby forming an elastic-joint connection forthe clamp and fastener, which facilitates the operation when the latteris turned on its pivot to be adj usted.

To apply the fastener to the cud, the ends of the latter are slippedbetween the jaws E E until the loop o registers with the buttonholes ofthe cuff, through which it is introduced, and the hook of the jaw E isthen sprung into its seat in the loop. To detach the fastener from thecuff,press the tongue alittle out of line, and the hook will spring fromits The loop endV IOO seat, the lug or rest at the extremity of the jawE', by pressing against the under face of the cuit, serving as a leverto release the loop from its engagement with the hook.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s-

The spring clothing-clamp provided with the spring-tongues having oneend formed with a loop engaged by a bent or hook lug on one end of theother tongue, and the jaws, Whose pivot is provided with an extensionpassing through the connection between the opposite ends of saidtongues, and which pivot is encircled by a spring` acting upon saidjaws, as also a second spring applied to the extension of said pivotbetween said tongues and yieldingly holding the tongues in contact witha concave bearing of said jaws, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN V. PILCHER. Witnesses: Y

A. J. BRANDEIs, ED MEGLEMRY, J r.

